diff -Naur zoom-1.1.5/src/rc.c zoom-1.1.5.patched/src/rc.c
--- zoom-1.1.5/src/rc.c	2011-11-05 07:40:53.000000000 -0400
+++ zoom-1.1.5.patched/src/rc.c	2021-10-11 19:43:39.814078341 -0400
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 rc_game*        rc_defgame = NULL;
 
 #ifdef DATADIR
-# define ZOOMRC DATADIR "/zoomrc"
+# define ZOOMRC "/etc/zoom/zoomrc"
 # define GAMEDIR DATADIR "/games"
 #else
 # define ZOOMRC "zoomrc"
